Choices leave marks.
Promises, debts, rescued strangers, ignored warnings, and old names matter. The world reacts.
What Is Scalethorn?
Aftermath, not apocalypse.
Scalethorn is not a world in crisis. It is a world that survived one. Ancient choices still shape weather, law, faith, trade, and the way people look at anyone touched by draconic blood.
You are not expected to know everything before play begins. Your character probably does not either. This site gives you the public version: what a well-travelled adult might know, what a new player can use, and what will help you arrive in Anchorage with a reason to care.
At The Table
The feel of the campaign
The strange is ordinary.
Storms follow old battle lines. Maps disagree overnight. Some shrines have opinions.
No one owns the truth.
Most histories are incomplete. Some are convenient. Many factions are sure they are the reasonable ones.
Where Play Begins
Anchorage
The campaign opens in the harbour city of Anchorage during the Festival of Tide: lanterns over the water, ledgers in every office, relic divers in the taverns, and strangers everywhere.
Before Session One
- Choose what your character believes about the old war.
- Decide why you are in Anchorage.
- Pick one person, debt, fear, or hope tying you to the world.
- Ask your DM before using setting-specific options.